Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Zhi Kangxi stroke count: 8 Page 612, Entry 01 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui) define the pronunciation as zhi. Er Ya, Interpretation of Water (Erya, Shishui): A small islet is called a zhi. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Shao and the South (Zhaonan): In the marshes and on the islets. Interpretation of Names (Shiming): It means to rest or stop, implying one can rest upon it. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhi. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhi. The meaning is the same. Rhyme Supplements (Yunbu): Rhymes with chi. Songs of Chu (Chuci), Nine Sighs (Jiuhuai): Lingering and hesitating on the islet in the capital. It rhymes with the characters shi and yi. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Also written as a variant form (zhi).